Hello,
I was injured in a slip/fall accident last year while I was delivering. I had several injury's including a torn meniscus, torn ankle ligaments, and permanent nerve damage. Due to the new contract not being passed yet my workman's comp pay was based on my old rate. The wage I was receiving was about $800 per week.
I returned to work earlier this year, a couple of months later during a follow up visit the doctor tells me I need to go back and have surgery to fix something that didn't heal properly. I was constantly in pain after each shift so I decided to get it fixed.
I had surgery last week and will be out about 15 weeks. Called liberty mutual to find out about pay. I figured I should be getting the state max since the new contract is now effective, and 70% of my pay is more than the state max of $935. Liberty mutual tells me that my wages are paid based on when the injury first happed. So I wont be receiving the max and instead will receive the previous amount I was getting before. I proceed to tell him that I have been working full time for months with my new wage plus my final progression raise so my weekly income has increased dramatically I explain to them that 70% of my current weekly wage is way more than $935 and that it would have been the same had my new wage kicked in August 1st of last year before my injury. He says they been told my UPS that contract & union negotiations don't carry over to workman's comp and that I am pretty much screwed.
Does anyone know if this is true? I have money saved up so ill be okay but it doesn't seem right? Im already loosing a ton of money by being out of work due to an injury that happened at work. Not to mention the permanent damage I have done to my leg.I this something the union call help with? $135 bucks x 15 weeks is about 2K
I was injured in a slip/fall accident last year while I was delivering. I had several injury's including a torn meniscus, torn ankle ligaments, and permanent nerve damage. Due to the new contract not being passed yet my workman's comp pay was based on my old rate. The wage I was receiving was about $800 per week.
I returned to work earlier this year, a couple of months later during a follow up visit the doctor tells me I need to go back and have surgery to fix something that didn't heal properly. I was constantly in pain after each shift so I decided to get it fixed.
I had surgery last week and will be out about 15 weeks. Called liberty mutual to find out about pay. I figured I should be getting the state max since the new contract is now effective, and 70% of my pay is more than the state max of $935. Liberty mutual tells me that my wages are paid based on when the injury first happed. So I wont be receiving the max and instead will receive the previous amount I was getting before. I proceed to tell him that I have been working full time for months with my new wage plus my final progression raise so my weekly income has increased dramatically I explain to them that 70% of my current weekly wage is way more than $935 and that it would have been the same had my new wage kicked in August 1st of last year before my injury. He says they been told my UPS that contract & union negotiations don't carry over to workman's comp and that I am pretty much screwed.
Does anyone know if this is true? I have money saved up so ill be okay but it doesn't seem right? Im already loosing a ton of money by being out of work due to an injury that happened at work. Not to mention the permanent damage I have done to my leg.I this something the union call help with? $135 bucks x 15 weeks is about 2K